Timelapse: SuperMoon Rising, 12 July 2014, Greece

Timelapse: SuperMoon Rising, 12 July 2014, Greece

Another SuperMoon tonight! Did you get to see it? I shot a little timelapse again but i still think last year’s was the best! Maybe August’s SuperMoon will be a better contender… I’m starting to think they ended up naming each typical full moon a supermoon just to make a fuss about it. Not impressed here…

Still beautiful, Alex. How many shots are in one sequence and how long did it take, Alex? I’m still really interested in giving it a bit of a go but am a bit daunted by the number of images that would need to be taken for a 1 minute sequence.

Hey Distan! 🙂 0 shots! I’m using Magic Lantern for my timelapses. It actually records video at very low fps settings…for this i used 3fps…and it creates the timelapse video automatically. The only downside is that it’s at 1080p…With still images you get higher resolution and more room to post-process but since my 60D is the only camera i have i try not to stress it with still frame timelapses! I’m already at 75.000 clicks, just from my photography…With timelapses, you can easily go over 400frames just to make a video that is a few seconds long…I can’t even calculate how many stills you’ll need for a 1 minute sequence…

Records video at 3fps?! That’s so cool. I’ve got no more excuses left now do I? It was a small concern in the back of my mind about the shutter actuations; this really seals the deal. Thanks heaps (again), Alex.

No, no excuses left! 😀 I could never live without Magic Lantern…and they are now working on making use of the live-view function to take still photos without the shutter moving, producing high resolution .dng files…So it would be the same as making a timelapse using slow fps, no strain on the shutter but you’ll also get high resolution images that you can post-process and do a high quality timelapse at 4K!